Binding: gray paper. Two pairs of anchors for ties at foredge. Author and date written on front cover

On front free endpaper recto is written: S. Paolino, No. 8423. At head of frontispiece verso is a gift inscription (illegible), and below it is the property stamp of Baron Pandolfo Ricasoli, with the shelf mark "95." Below the dedication on the t.-p. is the stamp in blue ink of: Bib. Gvst. C. Balletti Flor. Beside it is a second stamp, partly legible: ...S. Pavli Flor

Imprint from colophon

Signatures: A-O⁴ (A and I unsigned)

Frontispiece: Arms of Charles V within border of trophies. T.-p. within border representing signs of the zodiac. On t.-p. verso is full-page cut of a monk writing against a background with ships and the heavens. It is presumably Mauro, as the symbolic border includes references to his musical interests. Numerous woodcut illustrations, full-page or smaller. View of globe on i1r repeated on l4v. Coat of arms on last p. repeats that at lower left of frontispiece border

"Proemio M. Giovan Orthega", B3v

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